St. George’s Wins Boys AAA Title, Collingwood AA; Yale Wins Girls AAA Title, Shawnigan AA
The BC Provincial XVs wrapped up today with St. George’s winning the AAA, Collingwood the AA in the boys tournament, and Yale winning the AAA, Shawnigan the AA in the girls tournament.
The matches in the stadium were live streamed and are available here.
The match results are located here.
Congratulations to the winning teams and coaches and to all the athletes and volunteers who participated.
*Stelly’s Wins Boys 7s Title; Claremont Take Girls 7s Title; XVs Wraps up Saturday*
Stelly’s claimed their second consecutive boys provincial 7s championship under the guidance of coach Mua Va’a. They defeated Clarence Fulton 26-0. In the girls tournament it was Claremont defeating SMUS 17-0 to claim the provincial 7s title.
Day 2 7s action can be viewed here.
In boys XVs it’s another Shawnigan v St. George’s final in AAA with Oak Bay and Carson Graham battling for bronze. In AA it will be Collingwood and Earl Marriott battling for gold, with Earl Marriott being the surprise of the tournament coming in ranked 6th. The battle for AA bronze will be between Charles Tupper and Robert Bateman.
In girls XVs it’s Gleneagle vs Yale for gold in AAA and Cowichan vs Lake City for bronze. In AA it will be DW Poppy vs Shawnigan for gold and Mark Isfeld vs Abbotsford for bronze.
Tournament results and Saturday’s schedule can be viewed here.
*BC High School 7s Day 1 Results: Quarter-Finals Start Tomorrow*
The 7s tournament started today and it seemed to take up most of the BC School Sports staff resources, as of 10pm Thursday they haven’t updated the Day 2 XVs results. We can report that Shawnigan defeated Oak Bay 38-10 in AAA as that game was live streamed. We don’t have a result on the St. George’s v Carson Graham match. Similarly the AA semi-final match between Collingwood and Robert Bateman was live streamed and Collingwood won that 39-7. Collingwood will play the winner of Earl Marriott and Charles Tupper.
In the Girls tournament none of the Day 2 results have been reported yet on the BC School Sports website, the Shawnigan v Abbotsford AA semi-final was live streamed and was a lopsided 75-0 win for Shawnigan.
In the 7s tournament Day 1, the Boys results are posted here. The undefeated teams on Day 1 are Stelly’s, Belmont, GP Vanier, Clarence Fulton. The quarter-finals tomorrow are Stelly’s v Semiahmoo, GP Vanier v Windsor, Belmont v Argyle, Clarence Fulton v Chatelech
In the Girls 7s, the following teams are undefeated, Claremont, SMUS, Esquimalt, WL Seaton. The quarter-finals tomorrow are Claremont v Oak Bay, Esquimalt v Rutland, SMUS v Heritage Woods, WL Seaton v Norkam. The results are posted here.
*Top 4 Advance to Semis in Boys AAA; Upsets in Boys AA, Girls AAA and Girls AA*
In AAA Boys, as expected the first day matches went in favour of the top ranked teams. # 3 Carson Graham had a competitive match with #6 Elgin Park winning 34-17. #4 Oak Bay made short work of #5 Yale, 48-0. #2 St. George’s defeated #7 Claremont 52-7. #1 Shawnigan defeated #8 Mount Boucherie 57-3.
This sets up the semi-finals as Shawnigan v Oak Bay and St. George’s v Carson Graham.
In Boys AA #1 Collingwood defeated #8 McMath 48-0. #4 Robert Bateman edged past #5 Brentwood 35-31. #2 Charles Tupper defeated #7 Rockridge 39-29. #3 SMUS and #6 Earl Marriott battled it out with the underdogs Earl Marriott creating the upset 20-18.
This sets up the semi-finals as Collingwood vs Robert Bateman and Charles Tupper vs Earl Marriott.
In Girls AAA it was #1 Yale defeating #8 Mt. Boucherie 77-7, #2 Gleneagle defeating #7 Lord Tweedsmuir 74-0, #3 Cowichan defeating #5 Carson Graham 32-10, and an upset with #5 Lake City defeating #4 GP Vanier 29-5.
That sets up the semis, Yale v Lake City and Gleneagle v Cowichan.
In Girls AA it was #1 Shawnigan 84-0 over #8 North Delta, #2 D.W. Poppy 57-0 over #7 Maple Ridge, #3 Mark Isfeld defeated #6 Argyle 17-12 and #4 LV Rogers were shocked by #5 Abbotsford 50-0.
That sets up the semis as Shawnigan vs Abbotsford and DW Poppy vs Mark Islfeld.
*BC High School Rugby Provincials Kick-Off Today: Links for Live Stream and Schedule/Results*
The High School Rugby championships kickoff today in Abbotsford. You can catch up on the schedule/results and the live stream (Stadium field only) at the following links:
7s starts on Thursday.
*BC High School Provincial Championship Kicks-Off on Wednesday: The Unofficial Tournament Rankings*
The BC Provincial high school tournament takes place Wednesday May 31st to Saturday June 3rd at the Abbotsford Exhibition Park.
There is a XVs and 7s tournament taking place with the XVs starting on Wednesday and continuing on to Saturday and the 7s tournament taking place Thursday and Friday.
The AA and AAA championships will each consist of sixteen boys teams and eight girls teams. The boys teams will be split into two tiers of eight.
Consolation matches will be played in both tiers within the AA and AAA championships. Tournament seeding is predetermined by a BCSS appointed
committee.
We haven’t seen the official tournament seeding yet but this is the unofficial rankings we’ve seen for the XVs tournament.
Boys AAA
1 Shawnigan
2 St. George’s
3 Carson Graham
4 Oak Bay
5 Yale
6 Elgin Park
7 Claremont
8 Mt. Boucherie
Boys AA
1 Collingwood
2 St. Charles Tupper
3 SMUS
4 Robert Bateman
5 Brentwood
6 Earl Marriott
7 Rockridge
8 R.A. McMath
Girls AAA
1 Yale
2 Gleneagle
3 Cowichan
4 GP Vanier
5 Lake City
6 Carson Graham
7 Lord Tweedsmuir
8 Mt. Boucherie
Girls AA
1 Shawnigan
2 DW Poppy
3 Mark Isfeld
4 LV Rogers
5 Abbotsford
6 Argyle
7 Salish
8 Maple Ridge
Junior Boys
1 Collingwood
2 St. George’s
3 Shawnigan
4 Robert Bateman
5 Oak Bay
6 South Delta
7 Kelowna
8 Earl Marriott
Tiering:
AAA – 276 or more in grades 11 and 12
AA – 275 or fewer in grades 11 and 12
2022 PROVINCIAL RESULTS
BOYS
AAA
1st Shawnigan Lake Secondary
2nd St Georges Senior School
AA
1st West Vancouver Secondary
2nd Brentwood College
GIRLS
AAA
1st Yale Secondary
2nd Carson Graham
AA
1st DW Poppy
2nd Mark Isfeld